Danai Papoutsi

Danai Papoutsi is an actress born in Athens. She studied drama at “Piraeus Union” and “Mary Vogiatzi-Tranga Drama School”.

Her acting career started at the “Vapheion Theater” with Euripides’s Medea by the “Prosodia” theatrical group founded by Lakis Karalis. As an constant member of “Prosodia” she also appeared at You talk about him (2009). She has worked with “Theater Technis” (Howl of Love), “Knossos Theatre” (The Gap, Euripides’s Helen), “Theater under the bridge” (Lorca’s Yerma). In 2010 she participated  at the 24 Hour Play project at the “Chora Theater”. She currently appears at the “Theater of Kefallinias Street” in Alexis Stamatis’ play Dakrygona.

She collaborated with Eve Sussman at the video art project “The Rape of the Sabine women”. In 2006 she won the special prize for supporting actress at the “Vassilis Kotronis Festival of the Cinema of the Fantastic” for the short film At his commandments.

Her short story the “Station” was recognized at the “Greek Short story competition” (2010) and was published by Eleftheroudakis editions. Her first personal cd Tableau Vivant (music by Sakis Tsilikis) where she sings and has written the lyrics came out in 2010.